statement of responsibility: by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq

Caption title on p. 1: Physiological considerations touching the experiments wont to be employed to evince either the IV peripatetick elements, or the III chymical principles of mixt bodies

Second title leaf inserted after leaf D1 (p. 34): The sceptical chymist: or Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes, touching the experiments whereby vulgar spagyrists are wont to endeavour to evince their salt, sulphur and mercury, to be the true principles of things

Title leaf printed in red and black

Numerous errors in paging

Errata on p. 441-442

Signatures: pi1 A-Z8 2A-2E8 2F2 [par.]4

The final leaf is blank

citation/reference: Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.), 39

citation/reference: ESTC (online) 37449

citation/reference: Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), B4021

Dibner Library. Heralds of science (1980 ed.)

ESTC (online)

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996)

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SCDIRB copy 39088002863561 has bookplate: Herald of Science no. 39, Burndy Library ... gift of Bern Dibner

SCDIRB copy has an old blind-ruled full leather binding, re-backed, with later gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Housed in a later box of brown cloth with leather spine, raised bands, and gilt-tooled spine with red spine label. Box is signed: bound by Krumin, Boston

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